Saxophone.



M. A. STOVER.

SAXOPHONE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 19. I913.

Patented J uly' 13, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PH cm, WASHINGTON n c M. A. STOVER.

SAXOPHONE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I9, I913- Patented July 13, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- piece "1-5 by "thpaimti 56316 (if the first finger of the right hand a finger piece 24 is mounted on "a" rock-"shei't25 which is freely turnable on the shaft 26 and which rockshaft25 has Yan erm. 27 rigidly connected therewith, 'lhe'arm 2f7 extends toward the 'finger piecef19' and'isprovided with a finger v28 which'engages, with 'anja rm29 on a sleeve 30 this lsleeve being oscillatingly mounted upon; shaft" 31' extending parallel; with lthershaft" *20-1and fspaceda1 short distance there form. The arm 29 isje'xte'nded to proi ject-"i onthe, opposite side f-the sleeve' 30 s andhesanyelongated' fingeri32 thereon extending parallel with the sleeve30 and which ngages With a spring 33 :rig'idl-y'rconnected 31 m, thes leeve 18,- -so;thet by depressin the finger-j piece 24 the pad ,16 .is' lifte ,Ito-

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er -with its; arm"l 4,"end;a,1lo ws the F pad" 121-1flt0 open; "The "E 'pad';;12 .must- .be closed when'producing the note E fiatg'a'bove normally found on the instrnmentto'fmove outwardlyf without a'ifectin'g this-pad. f The arm 37- is extended around the tube 10 of the; .instrument, as shown 'i'nl Figf 9,. to engage; under. 'the finger piece 38 connected .to the Erfletpe'd-BQend extended beyond this point; under the lug 40 secured to the 7 upper edge of the D pad 41 carried by the ported between the breckets 43";and' is ex p; tn dinally v disposed .fingerfl44 which proj ects 3;; 211116161: 3 finger 45 secured tor-the sleeve .22"

'gpreviouslv mentioned Forme on-theisleeve'22lendjextending'in v p t the staff is automatically eflectedfby relees the szim direction. :ais the: finger-45 is a see- I ond finger-46, which i pessesiunder- "the shaft 31 and is adapted i'to 'close'f-the pad '47 over j -which itextend'sfi The' pad-;47 is-held; open '48' on which, it is'mounte'd, I Close to the by; means :of a1:sp'ring connected to the sleeve "lowerend 0fthe'is1eeve22 is va; thirdfinger g.-49*extending. from thesame: side of .the

slee'veia's the fingers} 45 and 46'; which finger 491s adapted to engage with a bent arm 50 V mountedon a sleeve'5l'freely mountedaupon I afshetft 52, this sleeve 51;.being intermediate" ,of an ofl' set'formed on. a"second*sleeve"53 I -mounted on the semegshaft. l

Immediately belowthe lever '49 v.on' the. sleeve 22 is a short finger 55 which engages withe bent armf5 6sforming an extension of" 1 angarm 57 supporting thepad 58,thispad. being, normally heldopen'." ';lhe .f' irn1s' 56' 'a'ndlffiiare carriedon the sleeve '60,;"which' is provided'with an off-set 59.; carrying the To efl ect the operation of the sleeve it is providedlwith z'anarm 62 which extends parallel with ,the lfinger piece 24;; the term ez jqkirlapijingthe baa-fee, that] a fin q piece 65 on the arm"62 is in convenient pos ;while the first fingerholds down thefinge must be overcome, and'to'accomplish thi meansgof screwsv6755esshown,, in ijFig L bears upon: the freeflend-of thexs r it being; understood thatr' the ispi'lfn ting. "uponithe g'sleeve .22 is of six astrengthzwhenreleasedby the bent er causes thebentarm 5'0ztof presst-upwar the ,finger; 49; counteractingthe; action,

ingthe'peds 39,;Yand. 41; to 5 remein -4and 5.

-16 closes and the proper notef-sis formed' sf f-To enable the production of the tonea' second sleeve 23 is interposed on the shaf;

Y which sleeve; 23' carriesQ-jan arm 73 lo,

around in such position that its finger rpi'eet To-meke high-D the 'seeondxfinger o left hand: depressesthe tfingery 'pieceE SO posed-nearthe outerge'nd.ofthefinger piwe gervpiece ,80 being mounted on an arm: 82 1 3- tionltobe depressedf by the second piece" 24, this action, opening (the padf lfi el in th p nd'sm n 'n ds 41 through the medium of the "arm 37 this operation the; action of the sprlng',

second spring 66iisflinter ,osedend g seii to th'ei-lower-end oztYth'e; ger piete the forward end: ofithisi spring: 66 fl'e'jxten under a' notch 68iiormedinthe fin'ge 11L; mountedfonfthef erjpiece 38- 69, extends under the linger upiec stiffer than-,theispring 15.1 The" sprig? to press down sthe fin'ger" piece (44' and the pads", mentioned; ;n'amely,-. 3 9 and 41 stronger spring acting ti pon theqslejev the spring actingupon: the s1eeve"22,j1,allo

normally. r t I :1

q The saxophone-is provided with theus normally open pad 7 0, :the officeo'fiwhich to form the; notes 0 and IIOtBSibGlQW closed, and C sharp when openedIfiPe is carried on an arm 71, attachedto e; 1 s1 23, mounted to) oscillate onfshefty-3I arm beingficontinued':beyond the sleev 2 and connected withgthe downwar'dly exte ing jbar; "(2, as" particularly shown in- The formationof ID 'shetrp al 'E fi'amb ing theffinger piece 24- whereuponthe Elp pad 70 remaining open, since the arm portingv the pads 47 does not-yenga e thefb 72, and the pad 47.,may be operate "by mean of the, finger" piece 46 "independently hand without closing the'pad' 70,;thus v prodnci a; perfect :1) sharp or E flitt' 31* between the sleeve 2 3flcztrr'ying the pa 70 land the sleeve 48 marrying -;the,pad-L47 74 when depressed depresses; the pad47;;r also the pad 70 since the opposite; end of th arm 73' engage'swith the h 11,' whichfcloses the p'td' 81;"dir'ectly the I undercbut not connected therewith, this hosed by thisfoperation f arm '82 is -ext'eiided in theopposi'te direction and. en'gages the inner-Pside' er the bar 72 .so that'the": pad 70 is {closed 'coincidentally with the -pads;8 1 and 84,*ig,whichnlowers; the :pitch' from D sharp: and prodiices a perfect- G harp produced by operating the fin-v gerypiece85,-;Which is'jse'cured to the lower end o-ff the sleeve 86 mounted on a shaftim- "1 5 mediately beneath and parallel with the shaft and-supportedinthe" 'sam itpfidestals '87, the u pper fend o'f thisslleeve being priee vided with arm' 88 whie11 extend-s under 3 the lower end of :the arm 89' pivoted-L on the 1 sleeve 90"; to which i is, "secured? the; gpad 91". The pad I 91 isheld shut-byq th sp'ringfi92, as clearly =showii maFigs 7 and I 8, this latter spring 92 beingofgreater ten sion than the springg93gvsecuredto the arm pressed the spring 93 will open thegp'ad 9l. I Also secu'red to the-sleeve 86 is' Yan @arm 94 1 ress fofthe 89 so that when the (finger. piece 8 43 116- which is extended in-the opposite 'direction,

1 its outer end falling under a lug 95 formed on the G sharp pad 96 "so tha t' when the, arm

,To. counteractthe action of'the spring 93 H vand. holdthe pad191closed when the G sharp is being produced, the-arm 82 is extended 1 beyond and underthe ban 72 and engages withthe'arm" 89 just above'the arm 88, the

finger Piece-8Q being press d also at this In order tolavoid releasing the finger piece j j 24 in ip'assing from'highfligto medium'or low F,'the-=pads 12" and 16 may be closed by the first orisecond fingers; of the left hand in" jclosingthelpads 47 01-1 81 byidepressing the fin-gerl pieces' 74 orj 80 to move the bar 72, Thebar'72 engagesan' arm98 mounted on the offset 21: of the sleet e18, as'shown in- Fig. 4', in such manner as to rock the sleeve t or other notes employing the second finger of the right hand, pads 39' and 41 maybe" 18 and -the'reby close the pads 12 and 16 while the finger piece 24 is depressed; the spring finger 33' permittingthe movement of the sleeve--18 Lindependent of the finger piecej'24; '7

To avoid f releasing the finger piece in passing-from highE to medium or low E,

' closedby the third yfingerof the left .hand depressingthe finger piece 5611. By depress- 60 i 1 and thefpad 58 is'closedtthe farm 56 on the sleeve 60 engaging with the linger 55 rocks ,'.the'sle'eve 22 andraises the "finger 45 to re- ",lease the'curved'arm 37 and permit the clovfsurefof'the' pads 39 and 41],";

i g h ge 1 06761 the 'sleeve 60 is rocked images :3

which ec "le'"eg83 -carryingithe The note flat or D sharp is usually made, in V ordinary makes of saxophones, by openingpads 39 and 41,' thepads 70, 47, 81 and 84 remaining'open also, while in my system this note; is made by opening the same "pads 39v and 41, but the pad 47'is closed by the finger l 46r fixed to the same sleeve 22 which Qp'eratespads39-and 41;=the pads70, o 81-'-'and,8 4 remaining open. Now the clos- I ing-ofa number of pads immediately below the p'ads39 and 41 when they are open to uprodnce' Dshagrp or ;E flat, tends to flatten the pitch, andT- take advantage of this fact i by closing the pads 70,: 47 and 81 and 84 t'o produce the note D, the pad 47 being autopad-s70j81 and 84 being closed by the-secmatical ly closed by the finger--46 and the. e

" l W I-With the second fin i smakingthe-pi By way ofexplanationl will: further state th'at' thenote isif-inade with the'secondfinger of the left .hand alon e by depressing finv I v ger piece *which closes 'pads'*70;i"81-and isdepressed this pad will be opened"and-* the note desiredproduced, namely, G sharp;

84;"the pad 47 remaining open. Therefore, inorder to trill from C to D by my system hand. This operation rocks sleeve 51 and 37 to open the pads 39 and 41 and automatically close pad 47 to producev a perfect 1 a D. To pass from D to D sharp or E flat it is only necessary to raise the second finger t sleeve 22 through arm 50 and finger 49] and thereby operates through finger 45 and arm of "the left hand from thefinger piece 80 i 1 allowing the pads 70 and 84 to open'to pro? duce a perfect D sharp or E flat, but this tone would not be perfect if pad 70 remained r closed, which is my only reason for arranging the mechanism so that the pad '47 can be closed automatically by: the-finger 46 without closing the pad 7 O. The closing of the, pad47 is notneces'sary in producing D sharp" or E flat, but is unavoidable, because of my method of producing D, and while its being closed in the production of D sharp or E fiat would tend to flatten the tone this is not perceptible if the pad '70 remains.

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What Iclaim is: V c 1. A saxophone having a normally closed F pad provided with a finger piece for opend 125 ing the same, a normally closed E pad,

means on the E' pad for holding the F. pad

in its normally closed position and spring means for opening the F-padon opening ,of

the E-pad. r

2. A saxophone having a normally closed High-F padya ilver con nected therevc ith, a

ssprmg acting on said lever tending jto open,

said padya@high E pad, af'lug projecting means 7 to fnormally. Jhjold each" of; said pads closed, a spring adapt ed' toppen sa id Fpad, v

a normally closed; Esfiat; pad; afnor'mally closed D pad,'mear s inlzifmediatesaid F pad and said ,E flatrp'ad, whereby th'e opening 7 i o s idE-fl padi'w l bv i ome aid spring and hold the Fi pald' Closed, and means oper- D p id, wher byfh g Eliyillbe producedpads closed, a'yspi ings-adapted, to open said pad, a normal y,c osedEfiatp dy a 'mally 10se dD.p ad,-'means intermediate said F pad ands aid E flatpa;d', wheiby opening pigaid E-flat pad will "overcome said spring and ,hgld. Lbs F); pgid. closed,, ;aind means t0.- open said E flatfiand D pads,;wherebythe uz l g. Fgp adasani E I 1,1 6,3(38 F i 1 pad and E- a lpad; r y qpen *s i E-flafa d D padsfl .sser s ofip 5; V 70', 81 and 84,1 and meansjto clo's egpadi .4

pivoted? rm dapted t enga i a q "h 1;

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